My biggest condolences from Norway to all the poles out there. It`s always tragic when a country looses respected leaders.

What a sad and terrible tragedy for our Slav brothers.
My biggest condolences from Czech Republic

How terrible and such a waste of human life.

This is so sad and yet so unbelievable.

Condolences to the families, friends and loved ones.

A sad day and many tears for all people :cry:

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Firstly: Hello on Forum - I'm new member.
Secondly: Big thanks from Poland, it's nice to hear such kind of support!

Terrible news, very unfortunate indeed.

:hmmm: it what universe ? Unless you want to point out that the polish people knew less about their past than other countries knew about poland's
recent history. And the Katyn Massacre is not exactly unknown.
Man I learned about it when I was in junior high and then again in high school (I'm talking late '80 when the soviets were still deying their involvement).
It was an important episode in WW2.

WELCOME ABOARD! I'm sorry it has to be at such a sad time.

Thanks guys for all these kind words from you. It's a great tragedy for our country and nation. It's very symbolic that President Lech Kaczyński died near Katyń exactly 70 years (10.04.2010 - 10.04.1940) after genocide of over 20.000 Polish POWs by Stalin's NKWD in Katyń forest, captured by Soviet Army in September 1939, during first month of WW2. Many people all over the world don't know that Soviet Union was ally of Third Reich this time. Lech Kaczyński wanted to honour murdered Polish officers. Rest in peace, Mr. President!

Sorry for writing post over post, but it will be more clear to read. Our forum member and my compatriot from Poland col Kurtz, after reading this thread, said to me that it will help to understand sense of this thread - for those who don't know why Katyń genocide is so important for Polish nation and why President Lech Kaczyński wanted to fly to Katyń we both with col Kurtz strongly reccommend to watch movie "Katyń", directed by one of the greatest Polish directors Andrzej Wajda. This movie is a story about this horrible, traumatic event of Polish history and shows how communists tried to hide true about Katyń. It's a "must have to see" movie for everybody who wants to know better those complicated times.

This is a link to short info about this movie:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0879843/

Thanks again to everybody for your compassion for our national tragedy.

Something that also isnt well known is that the NKVD started the Katyn massacre to make room for Finns.
They planned to bring the Finnish officers, national guards members etc. in the same camps.

Cze¶æ ich pamiêci. Honor their memory. [*]

I would like to respectfully offer my own sympathies and condolences to the Polish people during this time of tragedy.

May those lost, rest in peace.

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My opinion about president Lech Kaczyński is little different. I think he used many beautifull patriotic words only for the political profits. He was not a real Polish patriot.

Piłsudski, or all officers murdered in Katyń, they was real Polish patriots.

Russians not monsters and not fanatics and to us it is sincerely a pity the lost people, even despite the fact that what the president of Poland has been incited against rapprochement with Russia. And all that in Katyne has been proved by nobody, it only a trump as in politics tricks and no more. Not one inhabitant of Leningrad does not feed hostility for Germans though during blockade has died almost 2 million people.

Mourning in Russia on April, 12th 2010

RIP